Throughout India (Maharasthra Tasabada 8. Bengal) cultivated It is propogated by rhizomes in farms as condiment crop

Description

A perennial herb, 60-90 cm in height, with a short stern and tufts of erect leaves, rhizome cylindric,ovoid, orange coloured and branched; leaves simple, very large, petiole as long as the blade. oblong-lanceolate, tapering to the base upto 45 cm long. flowers pale yellow in spikes concealed by the sheathing petioles. flowering bracts Pale green. Flowerring – fruiting January to April.